Word: joking
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...would in turn endorse Putin as Russia's next Prime Minister. A top Kremlin aide told us the news with great excitement. When we dryly suggested that Putin may possibly have had a hand in Medvedev's decision, even this Kremlin loyalist had to laugh. To heighten the joke, he pretended to be Putin, displaying surprise and elation at the endorsement...
...even he could not turn a script that was disastrously half-baked (to put it lightly) into something halfway decent. For a comedy, “Semi-Pro” provoked remarkably few laughs. For a comedy featuring Will Ferrell, it provoked shockingly few. Moon (Ferrell) cracks awful joke after awful joke to the point of awkwardness. The only time I found myself chuckling hard was when I first saw Ferrell sporting a 70s get-up reminiscent of the Bee-Gees. There were, however, a few scenes that sparked giggles. Any basket-brawl featuring grown men fighting each other...
...Every once in a while,” he says, “though not too often, someone will ask: ‘Is that like Switzerland?’”This reaction often amuses Dlamini—but he can’t share the inside joke: he has no compatriots at Harvard. Harvard has a reputation for being one of the most diverse universities in the country. Despite the lack of regional quotas, some places have a higher representation within the college than others. “It varies from year to year, but Boston Latin...
...over the end of the writers' strike by saying, "Welcome to the make-up sex." He confided to the viewing audience what the crowd at the Kodak Theatre does during commercial breaks: "Mostly we sit here making catty remarks about how you look at home." After making the mandatory joke about front-row perennial Jack Nicholson, he added, "The compulsories are over." I still prefer Stewart hitting the rage button on The Daily Show, but I can't dump on a monologue that ends a Barack Obama joke with the words "Gaydolf Titler...
...British colonial pioneer and statesman Cecil J. Rhodes.But according to Blattler, applicants don’t necessarily have to be involved in organized sports.“I think the quote is ‘physical vigor’ or something like that,” Blattler joked, “‘the energy to use one’s ability to the fullest as best exemplified by a fondness for and success in athletics’ or something like that.”Needless to say, Blattler has the whole package.In addition to vaulting, the Earth...